1998
Google is founded. Two Stanford students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, set up Google in a friend's garage.
Wikipedia: GooglePhoto: The White House / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
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4 September in history.
5 moments from 1882 to 1998: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.
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1882
Lights on in Manhattan
Thomas Edison's Pearl Street Station began supplying electricity to customers in New York, the first central power station in the United States.
Wikipedia: Pearl Street Station
Photo: Earl Morter / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1888
Kodak
George Eastman registered the name Kodak and patented a camera that used roll film. "You press the button, we do the rest."
Wikipedia: KodakWikipedia: George Eastman
Photo: Published by B. C. Forbes Publishing Company, New York, 1917 / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1972
Seven gold medals
Swimmer Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics, setting a world record in every race.
Photo: Doha Stadium Plus Qatar Photograph: Vinod Divakaran ( www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com ) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
1985
A football-shaped molecule
Scientists discovered buckminsterfullerene, a ball of 60 carbon atoms shaped like a football.
Wikipedia: Buckminsterfullerene
Photo: Fotograf: Jochen Gschnaller / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.